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Spain approves amnesty law on 2017 Catalan independence referendum

Spain approves amnesty law on 2017 Catalan independence referendum

Related media - Connected media Madrid’s regional president, Isabel Ayuso, said in a radio interview Thursday that her government will take steps to hinder the implementation of the new law and will appeal as it is unconstitutional. Pablo Simón, a political scientist at the Carlos III University of Madrid, said judges could also file legal challenges if they found the granting of the general legal amnesty discriminatory. “Each judge has different criteria,” Simón explained, adding that he could also resort to the intervention of the European Court of Justice “if he considers that granting general amnesty is discriminatory,” in which…
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Textbooks were wrong about how language works

Textbooks were wrong about how language works

Related media - Linked media Think for a minute about the little bumps on your tongue. You probably saw a diagram of those taste bud arrangements once in a biology textbook: sweet sensors on the tip, salty on both sides, sour in the back, bitter in the back. But the idea that specific tastes are confined to certain areas of the tongue is a myth that “persists in the collective consciousness despite decades of research debunking it,” according to an article published this month in the New England Journal of Medicine. The concept that taste is limited to the mouth…
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What we know about the landslide in Papua New Guinea

What we know about the landslide in Papua New Guinea

Associated media - Associated media As of Tuesday, only six bodies had been recovered, according to a United Nations statement. Additionally, more than 150 structures were damaged or buried, Booth said. The landslide occurred in a remote but densely populated area that is part of the highlands of Papua New Guinea. A 2022 voter list estimated the region’s population at just under 4,000, though that didn’t take into account children or teenagers under 18, Booth said. The population count was further complicated, he said, by tribal conflicts in the region, which led to the internal displacement of people. What is…
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The setback deals a blow to Neuralink’s first brain implant patient, but he remains optimistic

The setback deals a blow to Neuralink’s first brain implant patient, but he remains optimistic

Related media - Related media All work is strictly regulated by the FDA, which evaluates the risks and benefits of the procedures and is expected to first consider the use of these devices in people with severe disabilities or degenerative diseases. (The agency did not comment specifically on Neuralink, but said it requires routine reporting of expected and unexpected events in such studies.) Beyond that, researchers are divided over the prospect of widespread use by people without disabilities, who might want an implant to communicate without speaking or to download a language, as Musk has mused. Some researchers predict that…
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War-weary Iraqis feel about Gaza but fear the conflict will spread

War-weary Iraqis feel about Gaza but fear the conflict will spread

Related media - Linked media “For Iraqis and on the streets of Iraq, it appears that Iran is using Iraq to serve its own regional interests through the war in Gaza,” said Firas Elias, a political science professor at Mosul University who specializes in politics Iraqi and Iranian. “However, if the conflict expands, Iraqis fear their lives will be more affected.” Iran-backed groups in Iraq say they are supporting Gazans by attacking the United States, Israel’s ally. But the United States has periodically returned fire, including in Baghdad, reminding Iraqis how quickly conflict can return. In Baghdad’s Sadr City neighborhood,…
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Blinken suggests the US could accept Ukrainian strikes in Russia with American weapons

Blinken suggests the US could accept Ukrainian strikes in Russia with American weapons

Associated media - Linked media The first of the two packages mentioned it was $50 million in support of Moldova’s industry and government, as well as democratic processes. Blinken mentioned the energy and agriculture sectors and the need to combat disinformation. “What is so powerful here is the deep and rooted commitment to democracy in the face of bullying by Russia,” Blinken said. Ms. Sandu thanked Blinken for American help in fighting corruption, building renewable energy infrastructure and addressing the “adversities of democracy,” a nod to Russian election interference. The second aid package mentioned amounted to $85 million to help…
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